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Secretary of State Alex Padilla Re-Launches California Students Vote Project

“CSSA is so appreciative to the Secretary of State and Lieutenant Governor for their continued support of ensuring college students are engaged in the general election,” says CSSA President and CSU Northridge graduate student, Zahraa Khuraibet. “We are living in a time where being civically engaged, now more than ever, is not only important but essential. Students have the power to shape and create a better future. CSSA is also mindful that the voices of our students that do not have the right to vote need to be heard and acknowledged. We are ready to empower, inform, and mobilize our CSU community and ensure all voices are heard in this historic election.” -- Yuba Net

What Kind of Second Gentleman Would Doug Emhoff Be?

Born in Brooklyn, Mr. Emhoff moved to California with his parents when he was a teenager and has remained there ever since. (He says “awesome” a lot in interviews.) He went to California State University, Northridge, and got his law degree from University of Southern California Gould School of Law. -- The New York Times

California Governor Newsom Announces Appointments

Lisa Witchey, 42, of El Dorado Hills, has been appointed to the State Interagency Coordinating Council on Early Intervention. Witchey has been Bureau Chief for Resources Development and Training Support at the California Department of Social Services since 2017, where she was Bureau Chief for Operation and Evaluation from 2015 to 2017. Witchey was Personnel Services Manager at the Emergency Medical Services Authority from 2012 to 2015. She was Senior Liaison at the State Compensation Insurance Fund from 2006 to 2012, where she was Assistant Claims Manager from 2005 to 2006. She earned a Master of Public Administration degree in leadership from California State University, Northridge. This position does not require Senate confirmation and there is no compensation. Witchey is a Democrat. -- STL News

How Rage Against the Machine Created ‘Killing in the Name’

“And then it was originally an instrumental. There’s a Rage Against the Machine video from Cal State Northridge – which is our first public performance – where we open the show with an instrumental version of ‘Killing in the Name’ and Timmy [Commerford], I think, came up with hat really cool [bass riff]. [Brad Wilk’s] crowd-bouncing beat is there from the very, very beginning. And then Zack laced it with the historic lyrics. We actually left the lyrics off of the lyric sheet of the first record, because it’s I think it’s two lines, 16 ‘fuck yous,’ and one ‘motherfucker.’ And we’re like, in the midst of all this grand political poetry, let’s just that one stand for itself. -- Rolling Stone Magazine

Meet Some of Nature’s Coolest Customers

The lizards live in high-elevation deserts with dramatic temperature swings, much like the alpine weta’s habitat. “The lizards aren’t much longer than a forefinger, and can heat up really quickly when the sun’s out,” says Espinoza, from California State University, Northridge. Cloud cover cools things quickly, he says, and if the lizards aren’t fast enough to take shelter under a rock or burrow, “they could freeze on the surface until the sun hits them next.” -- Atlas Obscura

Best Film Schools in the U.S. & Canada 2020, Presented by CU Boulder

CSUN has one of the most far-reaching academic programs of any public university on the West Coast, with undergraduate degrees in Film Production, Entertainment Media Management, and Screenwriting and Television Production (for both Narrative and Documentary). Still, its most cutting-edge track is the B.A. in Emerging Media, which deals with interactive and immersive storytelling to meet the needs of the new entertainment formats (virtual, augmented and mixed realities) that are changing how we appreciate and relate to audiovisual works. Courses include 360-video production (cinematic VR), Augmented Reality, video projection, and model-based VR developed for Oculus headsets. -- Moveimaker Magazine

Tom Morello: Killing In The Name was 'originally an instrumental'.

''There's a Rage Against the Machine video from Cal State Northridge - which is our first public performance - where we open the show with an instrumental version of 'Killing in the Name' and Timmy [Commerford], I think, came up with that really cool [bass riff]. -- Contact Music

How Rage Against the Machine Created ‘Killing in the Name’

“And then it was originally an instrumental. There’s a Rage Against the Machine video from Cal State Northridge – which is our first public performance – where we open the show with an instrumental version of ‘Killing in the Name’ and Timmy [Commerford], I think, came up with hat really cool [bass riff]. [Brad Wilk’s] crowd-bouncing beat is there from the very, very beginning. And then Zack laced it with the historic lyrics. We actually left the lyrics off of the lyric sheet of the first record, because it’s I think it’s two lines, 16 ‘fuck yous,’ and one ‘motherfucker.’ And we’re like, in the midst of all this grand political poetry, let’s just that one stand for itself. -- The Wilton Bulletin

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